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KCEOC plans annual Casino Night

KCEOC Community Action Partnership will be hosting its second annual Casino Night at the Corbin Center beginning at 6 p.m. Saturday Casino Night offers a chance for the Tri-County community to raise money for KCEOC’s programs that may have depleted funds. “Our non-profit agency...
Posted On 21 Nov 2019
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Jurors hear Mattie’s statement to police after body was found in her home

About six hours after police found Michelle Marlow’s dead body inside the home that Lori Mattie shared with Chris Lowe on July 23, 2017, Mattie gave Kentucky State Police a nearly 50-minute sometimes rambling statement about what lead up to Marlow’s death. She offered few details...
Posted On 20 Nov 2019

Ky. Transportation rep asks city to remove downtown parking

The Corbin City Commission and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet are at odds over changes to traffic flow on Kentucky Ave. and whether to eliminate parking on Main Street. At the regular monthly city commission meeting Monday night, Quinton Smith with the Kentucky Department of...

Duo on trial for 2017 killing

Police found the victim dead, beaten and bloody in one of the defendants’ bedrooms nearly two years ago, and the two defendants unconscious in the master bedroom and master bathroom covered in blood. Now prosecutors are asking a six-woman, eight man jury to convict the defendants...
Posted On 20 Nov 2019

Two Corbin residents, Keavy man named in organized crime indictment

Two Corbin residents and a Keavy man are among the five people named in an indictment alleging that they engaged in organized crime and trafficked in alcoholic beverages in a dry territory over a two-year period. Harold E. Mayton, 71, and Jessica Danielle Sumner, 30, both of...

Ollies Bargain Outlet coming to Corbin

After sitting vacant for more than a year and a half, the former General Dynamics call center in Corbin will see new life as the home of Ollies Bargain Outlet. A city permit to renovate the space in Tri County Square shopping center on U.S. 25E was obtained on Nov. 4. Corbin city...

Corbin man accused of stealing wallet dropped at local bank

A Corbin man is facing one count of theft of property mislaid or delivered by mistake after he allegedly stole a wallet that was dropped at a local bank. Gayle Jeffrey, 64, was arrested Monday on the arrest warrant secured following an investigation by Kentucky State Police....

Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies seize nearly 40 grams of meth

Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies seized nearly 40 grams of methamphetamine while making a recent arrest. Sgt. Jonas Saunders arrested Danny Ray Osborne, 47, of Highway 779, Rockholds, and charged him with first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance, tampering with...
Posted On 13 Nov 2019

UPDATE: Pedestrian killed Monday night in Corbin identified

UPDATE: The pedestrian killed Monday night after being struck by two vehicles on Master Street in Corbin has been identified. Corbin Police said the victim is Eason Miller, 75, of Corbin. Lt. Coy Wilson said Miller has an address on Byrley Road in north Corbin. “We have no...
Posted On 11 Nov 2019
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Third person named in federal conspiracy to distribute Oxycodone, Oxymorphone identified as Williamsburg man

The third man named in a federal indictment charging a conspiracy to distribute Oxycodone and Oxymorphone in Whitley, Knox, Laurel and Rockcastle Counties, has been identified as a Williamsburg resident. Fifty-four-year-old Gary L. Cupp’s name was initially redacted from the...